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May 14, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Rupy Aujla |Silvana Franco |James Martin |Chetna Makan

by Dr Rupy AujlaDr Rupy's curried butter beans are sweet, earthy and with a touch of heat. You can make a curry paste in minutes and this simple recipe is so satisfying. You’ll be able to tell the difference immediately and it’s worth the extra effort to give these beans the boost of flavour they deserve. Packed with fibre, polyphenols from the tomatoes and anti-inflammatory benefits from the spices in the paste, you’ll come back to this recipe again and again.

Apr 7, 2024 | thelondon.news | Chetna Makan

Rosemary Shrager, stars of the Great British Bake Off and ITV Lorraine’s ‘Cake Club Queen’ have been announced for Scrumptious Bluewater Food Festival The first phase of chefs and bakers for the Scrumptious Bluewater Food Festival’s ‘Big Cookery Stage’ have been announced, making the bank holiday weekend event truly unmissable.

Mar 14, 2024 | seriouseats.com | Chetna Makan

Seasoning the potato mixture with turmeric, red chile powder, and carom makes for a more flavorful filling. Coating the potato filling in a chickpea ("gram") flour batter before frying creates a crisp exterior. Bread pakoras are a great meal or snack for sharing. Growing up, my mum made them for picnics or train journeys. As a child, I loved to eat the fried sandwiches with ketchup, and today my kids like to eat them with mayonnaise.

Mar 8, 2024 | seriouseats.com | Chetna Makan

Coating the spiced potato mixture in a chickpea ("gram") flour batter before frying creates a crisp exterior. A cilantro and mint chutney brings a bright, refreshing flavor, while a pounded garlic chutney lends a savory kick. I first encountered vada pav-a deep-fried ball of spiced potatoes between a fluffy dinner roll-after moving to Mumbai.

Feb 27, 2024 | seriouseats.com | Chetna Makan

Removing the cooked onion and tomato chunks while simmering the remaining ingredients preserves their texture and adds body to the curry. Blooming the cumin in hot oil toasts the spice, deepening and developing its flavor while drawing its many fat-soluble flavor molecules out. You can find different flavor variations of tomato curry from each corner of India and many points in between.